Posture measuring device



Jan. 7, 1958 H. R. A. JocHHElM 2,818,648

PosTURE MEASURING DEVICE Filed April 6. 195e IN V EN TOR.

United States 2,818,648 V y v DEVICE `Halls "Rudolf August llocllheinkl, Gothenburg, `Sweden depues-tuen `.up-nm, 1956, senin No. 516,876 s claims. cia3-s) .This invention :relates 'te' measuring means ffer use L'in the-making v'or alteration of garments. y

it is an obect of this :invention to provide ?for "the of ilmeasurements with reference to 'a dined point :defined on the y.person being measured, "said fixed pdint echos/en to rena-ble the measuring along all three axes mf space directly from :the point' by meansgof lde-` `vices having veutically and horizontally #shiftable "rm`,'ainx`rl ing elements associated with measuring ftapes 'fw'h'ere 'such are suitable. l y

Another gobect of this inventionisto'provide foft'he taking of measurements from 'said lined point to enable 2,818,648 `Patented Jan. 7, 1958 ice "9a, "9b, each of which has 'a vgraduated 'arm 10a, 'Hlb dirla-ole therein and directed forward 1parallel with V`the neck anni `Sa. Each arm 10a, Y1l0`b has at its '-free ifront fend a ,guide l11a, l11b for 'a vertical graduated bar '12m *Hb 'vertically slidable 'in the guide and ycarrying latits lower vend an `arched shoulder locating plate 13a, 13b suitably narrowing towards its one fend, "thenarrowed Alends 'of the shoulder plates directed towards keath other. The v"shoulder vplates are carried 'at theirbroader ends diy a 4double bearing'consis'ting 'of two horiontfaily directed crossing axle pins Y14, I permitting each 'plate vtebezturned 'about 'its eentrallen'gthline 'to slanting position, as well as to be turned vabout "its vcross laxle lineat 'the rend of the plate `so that the 'narrowedenjd may be inclined 'upwards as seen in Figure 2. The slantin'g 'as ,Well as Lthe'inclined position Vare to `be 4read 'off on 'angle graduations.

" trally' at'the cross bar 8a, .Sbin from .of 'neck arms@ there `is `attached a neck support 16, from which 'twoairn's 1721, 17b 'extend for 'measuring 'then'ecls 'These 'armfs areb'uilt up by links and, acted 'upon b'y the 'turning 5 j'o'f.a 'shaft 18, 'are able to closely follow the'rounding'of the neck to measure lthe circumference thereof. Apointer the fitting of a -ga'rmentin reference to 'post-ure'and i'n- Icliriation of a persons Ishouders, regardless yof 'how 'they from yeach other.- Y

A further object of the invention is't fprorvide'improved :these vund other obects 'inwiew 'the' invention consists the novel eon'strucftion of `parts to "be here- Virtafter describedxand claimed.

The .invention will tbe Ibest understood'by reference #to ihe @accompanying drawing showing the preferred fo'rm fof yconstruction and in which:

away slof the Said upper @business vare .made according to standard'nofnnalfbuilt human bodies without taking in consideration-all' pos-L sible variations. These 'variations ycanse much' trouble because of the diculties of marking the clothesfto coi-f -rect for .the abnormalities, and the oonstruction'aceording to this inventin'is intended to facilitate" the'lmeas'urng to obtain an exact fitting of clothing, particularly meufs clothes, :and an essential feature of y'this' invention is that the measurings for the neck, shoulders, breast and back are all referred vto a fixed point of a neck support .by

: means cof -combined gauges.

` 32 attached to the shaft 18 indicates this measureon an 'empiric [scale 31. 'To bend each separate arma wire 33 fdrawn'through 'the V'links of 'the arm passing the fulcrurn ,plus 34a, 3411 thereof close to the inner side of the "The wire is attached to ya .pin-T35 `at thev outermost `aridviszt connected 'to the shaft 18. The wirefis drawn 1fmhr'ouglr a coil spring/36 (Figure 6) atV each oint 'of the v'liikstarid thespring extends from aborefinjonelink to abore in the next link, andthe spring 36 is Aplaced. du xslucvhy a way that it tends to turn the said next link kout wards.' yBecause of the counteraction ofthe .springs -the l curved shape of the arm) shown =by dashed and dotted Vlines .iuFigure 3 .is obtained upon tightening the wire wbfy turning shaft d'8, and when the wireyis slackencd the spring pressure will Amove the arms outwards to the outer position shown in the same ligure. Therxed `point at the) neck support, used as datum pointfor theme'asuring,

isdesignatedby `.16:71 in :Figure -1, and lies inthe -of the neck arm 5a. If suitable the point of the crossing The measuring equipmentconsistsof a verticalmeas-A `ming'standard 1 preferably of rectangular sctioniand provided with .a footplate. The :standardcanies a lpluralityoi `slides 3, 4, 5. each with horizontal'forward vdirected and'forwardlyslidablegaugearm 3a, @,fSd-here delnedas the wastarm, the backarmand the neck y Above the upper slide 5 there is a further slide 6 with a forward directed arm for measuring the height of the person, and the standard is provided above this slide with a lamp 7. The neck arm 5a carries at its free front end a cross bar extending to both sides in a horizontal plane. Each arm 8a, 8b is graduated and carries a slid@ between .the necklarm-Sa and the vcross bar 8a, 811 may 4be used as datum point, if the neck support is arranged la'ccordingly. ln the front of the Ineck lsupport ya vtape measure .20 .is attached for measuring the back curve of `the person, `and at ythe side of the .neck support Va'tape measure /21 with sliding scale is Iprovided for the measuring of the breast curve.

. 'The slide -4 is situated below the slide k5 and has at v'the .front end of its gauge arm 4a l(the back arm.) a back support 2 2 provided with a vertical gideZS for the back measuring tape 20, which extends therethrough'. .In lfront of the ,back support there lis a breast support 24 at 'the end of 'a horizontal gauge arm 25 slidable in a-.guid fat the topA of a graduated verticai bar :'26, which fis' tele- :scopically shiftable in a pillar 27 attached 'to the vfoot Pushed down to a lower position 'the breast support 'may also be used for measuring the Waist 'and then lizoatts with u iwaist support A28 attached `xto thewaist carried :by the slide 3 on the standard 1. The waist port `car-ries ya measuring tape with a scale!!! for the measuring of the circumference of the waist.

The foot' vplate 2 for "the standard and the'piilar is to be placed exactly horizontally by support screws and spirit-levels. The foot plate is crossruled on the surface and provided with graduations and heel spots 30 to fix the position of the feet.

In carrying out the measuring, for instance for a mans clothes, the man stands on the foot plate with his baci;

, used for the head and the arm pits.

lturned towards the standard 1 and his heels 'against the stops. The neck arm Sa is raised to the height corresponding to the neck with the posit-.ion of the xed point 16a for instance approximately where the inclinedshoulder lines cross each other at the back of the neck, and the upper arm 6a is positioned to measure the height of the man. The man has to maintain his standing position during the whole measuring time, and to facilitate this standing supports, not shown in the drawing, may be In this position Ithe back of the mans neck is leaning against the neck support, and the measuring arms 17a, 17b of the support are forced by a turning of the shaft 18 to grip around the neck, and are preferably maintained in position for instance by a ratchet wheel and pawl for the shaft 18 of known construction (not shown). Then the shoulder plates 13a, 13b `are shifted to the right position an-d inclination by shifting the slides 9a, 9b, the gauge arms 10a, 10b and the rods 12a, 12b, as well as by the turning of each plate on either or both of its pins 14, 15. All shoulder measurings may be read oif accurately in reference to the xed point 16a independently of whether the two shoulders have dierent inclinations or different height above the foot plate. Then the supports 22 and 24 for the back and the breast as well as the support for the waist are brought to measuring position, and the thickness of the body in the level of the breast is read oif by means of the two rstmentioned supports. By means of the measuring tapes 20 and 21 the curve of lthe back length from the neck down to the back support 22 and the curve of the breast length from the neck down to the breast support 24 are determined. By the added end portion of the tape the back length between the back support 22 and the waist support 28 also is measured and also the circumference of the waist by means of the tape 29. When the levels of the diiferent standard slides 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been noted all the necessary measurements have been taken in reference to the iixed neck point.

It is to be especially noted that the measuring equipment takes full consideration of different body forms and of abnormal shoulder Wrynesses and inclinations as well as of different back and breast curves.

f To have all the measurements referred to the fixed central neck point will facilitate the procedure as the measuring is divided into main d-irections, each direc- Ition with separate measures which have no tendency to be confused with each other and which all refer` back to the said central neck point.

While the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention Ainto effect has been illustrated and described, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a measuring equipment of the class described, in combination a vertical stan-dard including a supporting foot plate, a plurality of measuring elements slidable upon said standard, one of said measuring elements comprising a forwardly directed horizontally shiftable gauge arm including a neck support arranged to locate various points on a vperson with reference to a point on the neck support, Isaid neck `support having arms to position the neck of the person, independent measuring elements carried by the -neck support for the persons shoulders, back and breast, the measuring elements for the shoulders consisting of shoulder plates, each plate being carried by a separate arm system independent of the other, the arms extending at right angles to each other, one horizontal and laterally -directed arm of the system being attached tothe neck support and the other arms being movable with respect thereto, each said shoulder plate being tiltably connected with the lower end of the vertical arm of the system, the free ends of the two shoulder plates being directed generally towards each other.

2. In a measuring equipment of the -class described, in combination a vertical standard including a supporting foot plate, a plurality of measuring elements vertically slidable upon said standard, one of said measuring elements comprising a forwardly directed horizontally shiftable gauge arm including a neck support arranged to 1ocate various points on a person with reference to a point on said neck supportsaid neck support having arms to hold the neck of the person stationary and independent measuring elements carried by the neck support for the persons shoulders, back and breast, a second of said plur'ality of measuring elements slidable on said standard being located below said one of said measuring elements :and comprises a forwardly directed horizontally shiftable gauge arm terminating in a back support, and a third of said measuring elements slidable on said standard is located below said second of said measuring elements and comprises a forwardly directed horizontally shiftable gauge arm terminating in a waist support, measuring means comprising at least two eXible tapes connected to said neck support arranged to extend one along the Iback andthe other along the curve of the chest of a person being measured, and an auxiliary standard carrying a vertically adjustable head carrying a rearwardly directed horizontally shiftable gauge arm adapted to measure the location of the chest opposite said second of said plurality of measuring elements ,or of the waist of the person being measured opposite said third of said measuring elements.

3. In a measuring equipment of the class described, in combination a vertical standard including a supporting foot plate, a plurality of measuring elements vertically slidable upon said standard, one of said measuring elements comprising a forwardly directed horizontally shiftable gauge arm including a neck support arranged to located various points on a person with reference to a point on said neck support, said neck support having arms to hold the neck of the person stationary and independent measuring elements carried by the neck support for the persons shoulders, back and breast, said arms to hold the neck of the person stationary each comprising a plurality of links secured together by pivots, a wire secured to the li-nk at the end of the arm and extending through the links to one side of said pivot, a rotatable shaft mounted on said neck support, each said Wire secured to said rotatable shaft so that upon rotation thereof said wires will be wound thereon to cause said arms to curve inwardly into neck engaging position.

4. The device of claim 3, in which springs are provided 4between said links to -counteract the action of said wire whereby, upon counter rotation of said shaft, said arms tend to straighten.

5. The ldevice of claim 4, in which said springs are coil springs and said wire extends therethrough.

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